SIXTH ANNUAL YEAR BJOK — PA • T IX. 1007 



are heard about sheep, horses, and. for that matter everything one sees 

 at a fair. The men \,ho make these remarks should make it their 

 business to bring their good stock along. So long as it left at home 

 it can not be seen by the fair visitors, and that is what they come to 

 the fair for — to learn something about live stock, good varieties of 

 grain and a hundred other things of special interest to them. 



Let the young men on the farm get some of their stock ready and 

 bring it to their county fair. If you have a registered bull on the farm, 

 ly all means bring him along; if possible, bring some of his grade 

 calves along and let the people see what that registered bull has done 

 for you. If you can contribute something to the success of the fair, 

 if you have some good stock, which experience has taught you is more 

 profitable than poor stock, by all means bring it along. Remember 

 that the fair can not be a siiccess unless there are men willing to con- 

 tribute to its success. A month or such a matter before the fair opens, 

 feed one or two head of your best cattle a little grain, during the last 

 week give them a little special attention in the way of currying to 

 make them look nice; if possible give them a good bath the day before 

 the fair. Use soap and water liberally, but be careful to < get every 

 particle of soap out of their hair. In this way you will make the ani- 

 mals look 50 per cent better. You may find upon reaching the fair that 

 you have the poorest animal there, but what of it. It will teach you a 

 lesson, and next year you will have a better one, perhaps it will be 

 the means of your stock winning a first prize when you show again. 



You will take a great deal more interest in the fair if you have 

 something of your own on exhibition. You will study your neighbor's 

 cattle more; you will be more anxious to learn from the successful 

 exhibitor how he fed and bred his stock and how he prepared them 

 for the show. Not only that, but you will learn to become a showman 

 and in a few years when you have .a herd of pure-bred cattle you will 

 be wanting to attend the state fairs, and if you attend your county 

 fair for a number of years you will receive preparation and training 

 for showing at the state fairs that you can not receive in any other way. 



THE COUNTY FAIR. 



TWENTIETH CENTUBY FARMER. 



The fair season has now closed and the many benefits and advan- 

 tages these local exhibitions have afforded their communities should 

 not be lost sight of in the routine of farm and home duties. We can- 

 not afford to overlook the importance of the county fair to the general 

 agriculture and business interests of the county and state any more 

 than to our inuividual interests. In every county where there is an 

 effort being made to produce crops and grow live stock there is an 



